https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/all-you-need-to-know-middlesbrough-vs-chelsea From Chelsea POV: Cup football is on the agenda this evening as we travel to the Riverside Stadium to take on Middlesbrough in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg. Club historian Rick Glanvill and club statistician Paul Dutton look ahead to tonight's game.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/carabao-cup-prize-money-liverpool-31832458 Carabao Cup prize money explained as winners earn less than FA Cup third round. 

 

Excited for this one.

Should be a great atmosphere, and it's a good opportunity, even though I'm realistically not expecting an upset.

I just hope we can score and hear the roof lift off.

13 hours ago, Redcar Rioja said:

Metalingus, is that the one that goes "I've been defeated and knocked down" or something like that?

The lyrics are in the YouTube video I posted (on the first page of this thread). Its basically a song about overcoming adversity, which I guess most clubs could relate to, but seems very apt for Boro.

If you follow wrestling at all, its also the song Adam Copeland (a.k.a Edge) comes out to.

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20 hours ago, Brunners said:

So no semi final will have VAR because they cba to install it at the Riverside for 1 game lol.

Always causing problems, those bloody Teessiders! 😁

Remember it is now frowned upon to sing "Your just a town full of .... boys!"

Barlasar has been excellent of late, struggled a bit in the 2nd half of the Coventry game, as did all the players but he'll have his work cuy out tonight, he gave agood performance against Villa & hopefully he carries that in tonights game

1 hour ago, Rob said:

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/all-you-need-to-know-middlesbrough-vs-chelsea From Chelsea POV: Cup football is on the agenda this evening as we travel to the Riverside Stadium to take on Middlesbrough in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg. Club historian Rick Glanvill and club statistician Paul Dutton look ahead to tonight's game.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/carabao-cup-prize-money-liverpool-31832458 Carabao Cup prize money explained as winners earn less than FA Cup third round. 

 

Reading that I think Boro have made enough to cover travelling expenses all of those away ties to lower league clubs did not make Boro much at all

4 minutes ago, Erimus74 said:

Barlasar has been excellent of late, struggled a bit in the 2nd half of the Coventry game, as did all the players but he'll have his work cuy out tonight, he gave agood performance against Villa & hopefully he carries that in tonights game

Let's hope he takes a shot when given the chance!

6 minutes ago, Downsouth said:

Remember it is now frowned upon to sing "Your just a town full of .... boys!"

More than frowned upon, its a hate crime.

7 minutes ago, Downsouth said:

Remember it is now frowned upon to sing "Your just a town full of .... boys!"

I think we're now supposed to sing, "You're just a town full of Z-list reality TV nobodies!"

Doesn't scan very well...needs some work I think.

Andy Nesbit Wilson who played for the Boro before & the 1st world war

His first stint came in season 1914/15 when he scored 5 goals in 9 appearance, then joining up to fight in WW1. During the conflict he had his right arm badly injured & returned home invalid, where he pottered around playing for a couple of teams in Scotland, the Boro who still held his registration called him back to Ayresome Park were he resumed his second stint at the club, scoring scoring 52 goals in 81, another prolific goalscorer on our books, other teams were taking notice of his strike rate & noticeably Chelsea. On the 17th November 1923 he scored his final goal, against Chelsea in a 2-0 home win, 7 days later, 24th November 1923 he played his final Boro game, which ironically was away to Chelsea, with the mighty Boro losing 2-0 & the following day signed for the Londoners
At the end of the season both Boro & Chelsea were relegated from the first division (our 1st ever relegation) & Andy Nesbit Wilson was still top scorer of both clubs

Our master Steve Gibson celebrates his birthday today, best wishes Steve, hope your birthday wishes come true

🎉🎊🎂

55 minutes ago, AnglianRed said:

The lyrics are in the YouTube video I posted (on the first page of this thread). Its basically a song about overcoming adversity, which I guess most clubs could relate to, but seems very apt for Boro.

If you follow wrestling at all, its also the song Adam Copeland (a.k.a Edge) comes out to.

be mad hearing edges music hit and then the team walk out lol 

More photos of league cup tickets against teams we faced in the cup over the years

 

 

3/10/1960 - Gordon Jones was our first league cup debutant when he made his appearance in our first ever league cup tie in a 4-3 home defeat to Cardiff City

13/9/1961 - Alan Peacock scored our first league cup hat trick in a 6-2 win at Tranmere 

 

 

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